ORJson is not mandatory

Author: nicolargo

NEWS.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Version 4.0.0
 ===============
 
-See release note in Wiki format here: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/wiki/Glances-4.0-Release-Note
+See release note in Wiki format: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/wiki/Glances-4.0-Release-Note
 
 **BREAKING CHANGES:**
 
@@ -27,6 +27,26 @@ Glances version 4.x and higher:
 * Alert data model change from a list of list to a list of dict #2633
 * Docker memory usage uses the same algorithm than docker stats #2637
 
+Special notes for package maintainers:
+
+Minimal requirements for Glances version 4 are:
+
+* psutil
+* defusedxml
+* packaging
+* ujson
+* pydantic
+* fastapi (for WebUI / RestFull API)
+* uvicorn (for WebUI / RestFull API)
+* jinja2 (for WebUI / RestFull API)
+
+Majors changes between Glances version 3 and version 4:
+
+* Bottle has been replaced by FastAPI and Uvicorn
+* CouchDB has been replaced by PyCouchDB
+* nvidia-ml-py has been replaced by py3nvml
+* pysnmp has been replaced by pysnmp-lextudio
+
 Enhancements:
 
 * Export individual processes stats #794

README.rst

@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ Optional dependencies:
 - ``jinja2`` (for templating, used under the hood by FastAPI)
 - ``kafka-python`` (for the Kafka export module)
 - ``netifaces`` (for the IP plugin)
-- ``orjson`` (fast JSON library, used under the hood by FastAPI)
 - ``nvidia-ml-py`` (for the GPU plugin)
 - ``pycouchdb`` (for the CouchDB export module)
 - ``pika`` (for the RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ export module)
@@ -224,6 +223,8 @@ Run last version of Glances container in *console mode*:
 
 By default, the /etc/glances/glances.conf file is used (based on docker-compose/glances.conf).
 
+By default, the /etc/glances/glances.conf file is used (based on docker-compose/glances.conf).
+
 Additionally, if you want to use your own glances.conf file, you can
 create your own Dockerfile:
 
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ Start Termux on your device and enter:
     $ apt update
     $ apt upgrade
     $ apt install clang python
-    $ pip install fastapi uvicorn orjson jinja2
+    $ pip install fastapi uvicorn jinja2
     $ pip install glances
 
 And start Glances:

docker-files/alpine.Dockerfile

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
 RUN python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m venv venv-build
 RUN /venv-build/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
+RUN python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m venv venv-build
+RUN /venv-build/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m pip install --upgrade pip
+
 RUN python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m venv --without-pip venv
 
 COPY requirements.txt docker-requirements.txt webui-requirements.txt optional-requirements.txt ./
@@ -105,6 +108,11 @@ COPY docker-bin.sh /usr/local/bin/glances
 RUN chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/glances
 ENV PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
 
+# Copy binary and update PATH
+COPY docker-bin.sh /usr/local/bin/glances
+RUN chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/glances
+ENV PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
+
 # EXPOSE PORT (XMLRPC / WebUI)
 EXPOSE 61209 61208
 

docker-files/ubuntu.Dockerfile

@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ COPY docker-bin.sh /usr/local/bin/glances
 RUN chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/glances
 ENV PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
 
+# Copy binary and update PATH
+COPY docker-bin.sh /usr/local/bin/glances
+RUN chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/glances
+ENV PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
+
 # EXPOSE PORT (XMLRPC / WebUI)
 EXPOSE 61209 61208